一百多年來，促進和鼓勵科學和工程在皮革和皮革制品工業中的應用的進步；公布調查和研究結果；維持官方對皮革、皮革生產和制造所用材料的評估方法。

Over 100 years of promoting and encouraging the advancement of science and engineering in their applications to the leather and leather product industries; publishing the results of investigations and research; and maintaining officials methods for the evaluation of leather, leather production, and materials used in their manufacture.